Kool Keith

Don't Let Anxiety Keep You Out of the Music Scene

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Crushed Stars - LaGrange - 7/26/12

The Angelus, Crushed Stars LaGrange Thursday, July 26 Last night at LaGrange was certainly a sit-down kind of show, but it wasn't a slumber party. Crushed Stars, the acclaimed combo led by Todd Gautreau, proved why they are one of Dallas' hidden treasures. The band rarely plays live (this was their ... More >>

Kool Keith at Trees

Thursday, July 26, at Trees

Eleven of This Weekend's Top Shows: Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest, Nicki Minaj, Kool Keith and More

Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest IISaturday, July 28, at Granada TheaterIn its second year, Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest has (smartly) shortened things a bit, thus giving more breathing room to the bands, which included Glass Candy, Chromatics, Twin Sister, Chromatics, Taken By Trees, Laurel Halo, A.Dd and DJ Sober.

Shiny Around the Edges on Death Grips and Patti Smith

See also: Oil Boom on the magic of Donnie and Joe Emerson See also: Vinyl Fantasy's Nathan Johnson on Sunn O))) We've started poking around in locals' iTunes, iPods, Spotify playlists, CD players, cassette decks, turntables and brains with one question in mind: What are you listening to? We don't ... More >>

Listomania: The Five Best and Five Worst Alter Egos in Music

​Tonight, groundbreaking experimental rapper Kool Keith will be gracing The Loft with his presence. And we're hella stoked. Not only is the rapper one of our favorites, but his skill set is undeniable and his advancements in the "horrorcore" and "porncore" genres are fairly irrefutable. Plus. he's ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to see Kool Keith at The Loft Tonight

As we've already mentioned today, one of the world's most prolific and creative rappers, Kool Keith, will bring his hip hop inventions, Horrorcore and Pornocore, to The Loft tonight. Some might remember him as Dr. Octagon, his moniker in the '90s -- since when, he has released 20 studio records. Now ... More >>

Good Friday: Club Dada's New Year's Eve Do-Over Party, Yells At Eels, Eleven Hundred Springs, The Derailers, Kool Keith, Royal Bangs, Girl Talk, True Widow & More!

Kevin Todora​It's looking like a good weekend of shows, starting with Club Dada's New Year's Eve Do-Over Party on Saturday night. It'll feature performances from Hoyotoho, Damaged Good$, galleryCat, and Datahowler, and includes a Champagne toast at midnight.But that's not the only big show happeni ... More >>

Unexpected Influences: DJ Sober May Be Known For Hip-Hop, But He Loves Him Some Annie Lennox and They Might Be Giants, Too.

Welcome to a Unexpected Influences, where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like. Kelsey FosterDJ Sober​In a city as chock full of DJ talent as Dallas is, there still has yet to emerge any real rock star. And yet, if there were such a figure whose longevity and skill war ... More >>

Show Announcements: Elephant 6 Holiday Extravaganza Tour 2011, Flogging Molly, STYX, Mini Mansions, My Chemical Romance, Kool Keith, Smith Westerns, Yann Teirsen & more

Christmas in March. Thanks Elephant 6!​Over the weekend, at a loft venue in Brooklyn called The Schoolhouse, Jeff Mangum, the man behind the Elephant 6 record label and the band Neutral Milk Hotel, performed a rare surprise set for about 75 onlookers. At the performance, which can be heard over at ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 29: DJ Fishr Pryce

​ DJ Fishr Pryce thrives off spontaneity -- and, as has been made clear in the past, he doesn't like to take himself too seriously."I'm not afraid to be goofy," he says. "And I think that makes me a little different [from other DJ's in town]." Fittingly, the experienced hip-hop DJ, who has been sp ... More >>

DJ Sober Knows How To Read A Room

Last Night: Dr. Dooom vs. Dr. Octagon at The Loft

Dr. Dooom vs. Dr. OctagonThe LoftMarch 6, 2009 Better Than: Getting to the show when the doors open, only to wait three-and-a-half hours for to Keith actually get on stage. I thought I was playing it safe when I arrived at The Loft close to 10 o'clock. As I got to ticket win ... More >>

Good Friday: Ludo, Derek Trucks, Brave Combo, Awkquarius, Screaming Red, The Southern Sea, Southern Culture On The Skids, Jessie Frye, Darktown Strutters, Plants & Animals, The Make Believers, Inner City All-Stars, White Tie Affair, Brent Best

Learn how to handle your liquor, chump.It's Friday, everybody, case ya didn't know. An, as such, it's time to look at the weekend calendars and plan out your, um, plans. Let's do this. First, the shows we've always talked on...Tonight, there's the Dr. Dooom vs. Dr. Octagon show at the Loft and ... More >>

Dr. Dooom vs. Dr. Octagon Friday, March 6, at The Loft

Friday,March 6, at The Loft

Line Up Set for Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest. Fun? You Bet.

Funky Big J Rocks the Party

Peeping Tom

Friday, March 30, at Granada Theater

DJ Sista Whitenoise

Recurring Saturdays and Sundays, Lee Harvey's

Monkeys Shine

Get Frantic with Dallas duo

Dr. Octagon

The Return of Dr. Octagon (OCD)

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom (Ipecac)

Sneaker Pimp

A lifetime of hip-hop and hoops comes together in Bobbito Garcia's new book

Bad Rap

Prince Paul's latest concept record attacks lame commercial hip-hop--by co-opting it

Scavenger Hunt

The best was hard to find, harder still to ignore

Various Artists

Constant Elevation (Astralwerks)

Blonde Ambition

Princess Superstar could be the first white-girl rapper to break through to the mainstream

Pop is Dead

Hip-huh? Antipop Consortium doesn't expect you to get it at first.

Nathaniel Merriweather Presents...

Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (75 Ark)

Scene, Heard

A near encounter with Reverend Horton Heat's fists

Listen Here, Punk

The mother of all-ages shows takes to the stage

Deltron 3030

Deltron 3030 (Ark 75)

Handsome Dan

Dan "The Automator" Nakamura loves hip-hop -- but he loves music more

Royal trix

Prince Paul used to be hip-hop's leading court jester. Now, he's dead serious.

The music man

Lenny Waronker is a rock-biz legend, but is that enough to make DreamWorks Records a success?

Running wild

DJ Spooky is the world's most eclectic spinner--in (music) theory, at least

Out There

Where water tastes like wine